'The applause began as the Reverend LeRoy Bailey Jr. rose from his chair on the altar of First Cathedral and it grew in intensity and filled the cavernous sanctuary as he slowly walked to the podium. By the time Bailey finished his short journey and stood before his congregation for the first time in its new home, more that 2,500 people were on their feet in recognition of the much larger journey he had led them on. It was Bailey's vision they said Saturday that guided The First Baptist Church of Hartford from it inception as a group of 60 people meeting in homes in 1968 to a 7,000 member congregation that built the $13 Million Cathedral they dedicated Sunday'-